Converting prehistoric creatures

[Cleon]

Updated.

Suggested tactics?

How's this:

Combat
Should a creature smaller than a leanchoilia wander too close to it (within 30 feet or so), the leanchoilia will charge and try to seize that creature in its whip. If it takes hold of its prey it will whip and gnaw away until either the leancholia or its victim dies. Leancholia instinctively avoid any creature their own size or larger.

 

[Shade]

Looks good. Updated. Finished?

 

[Cleon]

Looks good. Updated. Finished?

Looks done, except I left a couple of typos in the tactics (some leanchoilia are mispelled leancholia). It should be:

Combat
Should a creature smaller than a leanchoilia wander too close to it (within 30 feet or so), the leanchoilia will charge and try to seize that creature in its whip. If it takes hold of its prey it will whip and gnaw away until either the leanchoilia or its victim dies. Leanchoilia instinctively avoid any creature their own size or larger.

I think it's a bit odd it gets 3 whip attacks when it has 2 antennae, each with a triple whip (for 6 whips in total). If I was designing it I'd give it 2 (1/antennae) or 6 (1/whip) attacks.

Still, 3 whips is what the AD&D version had and I don't mind keeping to that.

 

[Shade]

Looks done, except I left a couple of typos in the tactics (some leanchoilia are mispelled leancholia). It should be:

Combat
Should a creature smaller than a leanchoilia wander too close to it (within 30 feet or so), the leanchoilia will charge and try to seize that creature in its whip. If it takes hold of its prey it will whip and gnaw away until either the leanchoilia or its victim dies. Leanchoilia instinctively avoid any creature their own size or larger.

I think it's a bit odd it gets 3 whip attacks when it has 2 antennae, each with a triple whip (for 6 whips in total). If I was designing it I'd give it 2 (1/antennae) or 6 (1/whip) attacks.

Still, 3 whips is what the AD&D version had and I don't mind keeping to that.

That is odd! I'm happy to reduce it to two attacks, as three for two natural weapons is essentially broken.

 

[freyar]

Good point, let's drop to two whip attacks.

 

[Shade]

Updated.

 

[freyar]

All done?

 

[Cleon]

Good point, let's drop to two whip attacks.

I'm happy leaving it with three whip attacks. Maybe it lashes with one of its "arms" and gets an attack for each whip on that limb?

 

[Cleon]

All done?

Apart from liking the original's triple-whip attack, the Combat entry should have "seize that creature in its whips" rather than a single "whip".

 

[Shade]

I'm happy leaving it with three whip attacks. Maybe it lashes with one of its "arms" and gets an attack for each whip on that limb?

While that makes some sense, it would seem to support 6 attacks (2 per "arm"), which is too many for such a low-CR creature. Also, multi-pronged attacks (like the scourge) have a precedent as a single attack in 3.5. Let's just go with 2 and call it a day.

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